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National Opinion
A. A. KARLE, PUBLISHER.
BRADFORD, VERMONT, FRIDAY, JULY (, I8(i(.
VOLUME L NUMBER 4.
GENERAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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Dr. Si iitt'x ntllcc. 1
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ATTOHXF.V AND COl'SSKIXnit AT LAW,
JAflrr ttmi Sollrihtr in Vhilnrrrtf, and Vvnitiim
ir iff f'lrtim .limf,
PKAIIFOItll, VEHMONT.
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FASIIInNAIII.EIlU'SS& UIAK MAKING
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Ma.liin. St-winn Joim nt ulii.rt wit ire.
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('ottiisrr Orirnni anil Perfect Mcli.ile..ii.
it it viirium, vmoiont,
(rilcr milii-iti'il. ltwtriiiiient.1 yraiTiintcil
uml wiit tu liny part of tin roi.ntiy. J
II. worth .'.
ATTOKNKY AND (1 )l XSK1.U I AT LAW.
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U KI.IS' l:I l.K. Vi-KMIINT.
Hi' in ileiiil, tin) beautiful youth,
Tim lii'Urt of liuiiiir, the timjiue of truth
Hi', the lift- uml liylit of tii all,
WTumc voice van lilithr im tin liiijjle call.
Whom iilli yi'H fullnwi'il with nne ciinscnt,
TJic rlicpr of wlioftr laugh, nnil wlion ili'iicant
wnrtl,
IIuhIh iI all iimrniiTH if ilim imti'tit.
Only last night ns wc rmlii silong
Down tin' ilark of the iiiiiiintain :i p,
TovUit thi picket jiwril at tin- forl,
Little ilreniiiiii): of any niihai.
Hi- wilt humming flic wiinli nf mitnn olil nong :
Two reil ronci hp hail nn liis ni,
Aud Hiiutlii'r hi lMiri at the juiiiit nf lii. HWiiril.'
Smlili'ii ami Hwift a wlii'itliiiK halt
Ciime out of thi wimhIh, ami tin voice waHHtill :
SunietliiiiK I hi aril in the ilarltni' fall,
Ami lor a moment my lilooil Rriw chill ;
I Npake in a whhpcr, ft.i he who KjicakK
In a room when noin one inlym;; iliail :
lint he Inaile no aiiKWi r to what I jniil.
We lifted him up on hi-', ailitle aain.
Ami tlirouuh the niii-e anil the mint mill the rain
Csirricil him hark to hi nib-lit camp.
Ami laiil him ii if asleep 011 liin licil ;
Anil I nw ley the li'iht of the Burgeon's lamp
Two white ri"i'.s upon hi clicckn
Ami one jut over his heart hlooil nvl!
Ami I saw in a y Uii.n l.tiw far anil licet
That fatal l.tillct went spccilim; forth,
Till it reaehetl u town in the ilistant Xorth,
Till it rcarhcil n lumiciu a sunny street.
Till it reaclit il a heart that renitcil to heat
Without n murmur, w ithout 11 cry ;
Ami a lu ll iviii ti.llcil in 11 far on' tow n.
For one win. hntl passetl from crn-m to crown.
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Tapioca, S,i;;n, Vi noieelli, uml even tiling 1 l-e
lit the very lovct i.i ii i .
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' viti ntti'iil ion to lii Ntock of kooiI. nur
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the most favotilhle term, he V III ivi L'ri .it
iiiilucciiieiitit to ( 'nh. niul lieailv I'nv Intyer.
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t'hrrtr, Kgij. Tltiiim, ilnph Sinjm; 7V
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li the hij;hct luniket price will he
One niolit nt a latclioiu'Dr. l'.ciil
ley whs (list iii'licil sit liis stuilics liv
11 r;ittiiiiy siiiiml ;iiiiisiio- (lit wiMitl,
wliirli, sawed and split, had been
left by tlie teamster, the al'tcrminii
previous, too lale to be properly
hoiisetl. lie aro.e, went cautiously
to the window and saw a woman till
her apron witli wood, which she
hastily carried away. He resumed
Ids seat and commenced his study.
Shortly after tin same noise ajrain
occurred; and on looking out a s.-e-ontl
time, he saw asimilaroperation ;
the woman tilling her apron to the
utmost limits of itscapaeity. "When
she had "one, he returned to his
book villi tendcrcst pity in bis
heart l'nv a destitution "wliieli sought
relief in this lonely, dreary, not to
say sinful, manner. j
l'.y ami liy be was' startleS by a
heavy crash of tailing wood, and.
hurry in upjo the w indow, beheld
the pour woman easiin;,' tlie very
dust of the wood from her apron.
He lclii, i'med"nintiiililess, bis o-end,.
hear! tilled with commNcration.
Slu sw inly departeil. and soon re
lumed heavily laden with the wood,
w hieh she threw on the pile as if it
well- the "accursed thin:,'.''
The doctor's passion and curiosi
ty were now intensely excited. Iiej
followed her retreating liouretill lie
discovered her residence, and I litis i
asei rtained who she was. W hat
she w as w as no mystery to him. The
last hour had show n him her virtue's
lolly height. He cnilcd early the
next nioriiiisfr on Mr. I! . the'
wood dealer, and directed him to i
send half a cord of his best wood, j
sawed and split, to Mrs. , but j
by no means to let her know from
w hom it came ; which was readily i
promised. Mr. 1! 's teamster,
who happened to be within car-shor.
jthoii.trh out of siht. was not so j
i bound, and. when he tipped the j
wood into the poor widow's yard,!
i replied toliereao'erinipiiry. who had
i sent it, by relating the conversation
; he had overheard.
The conscious-stricken mother,
I'm liii-jr that her sin and repentance
in tlie lonely darkness ul that mui
nijiht hour, were know li and under
stood by another heart beside her
own, hastened without delay to the
house of the benevolent man, to ex
press her oratitude and her sorrow ,
and wilh deep humility aud bitter
ness, told him the temptation to
which her extreme poverty had re
duced her, of breaking the eighth
commandment.
"Thoii;;h my house was dark nnd
colli, thoiteh mv heart was wrunj;
with anguish, at the sight of my
poor, shivering little ones, 1 could
not keep it ; mv conscience would
not let me."
'S'.lv lwy mill'., mv .li, i iiio.l-itn ''
said the good man. " I saw yci
eoiupier the devil in two fair lights.
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cnc I lil nml Flniil. Iron ami Sti el, llor-e ami
Ox SIhh'h nml Nail. Cut Nail. Salt, l'ow.l,.r
nml Shot, l i-h, I'oik, Conhie. lriniltoiii
Ami I ixluie. Ilai.lnare nml l inlnv, Hlotir,
nml Country I'iihIucc, nt prieen n low a can
lie IioulIiI in I In' loitn oi coiiiily.
I I KK MAUD.
-HARNESS MAKING.
II.
II. KLNXKDY KIM'S COXHIAXT
I v i, n ha ml I lariie. M. hallitle. Uriilh .
II. II. I'.lmihcl, V hip, Iriiiik. uml i ii
lliitl)! Il'llllllv kept ill n llllltien n.
XX o p a 1 r i iv R
ilone II oiouvhl.v. promptly, nml nl ptl
ei .
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I'.illtiutllllicc l.l Die ,iiini,
simp .mil iloor Soutli of the Trottir
linn '. Iliaillotil. I
Diseases of the Kidneys.
1M.L AT I'lilCIIA IID'H. AXD (!;T
WAIIIIS K 1 1 1 M ; V I (i.MI'OIMi. the
lir. nte! niu.'ilv in the noil. I lor nil illicane of
tin- Kiiliti'iD, ' Don't fin-not, Wiirrniitnl to
Kivrirllef, o
Ciiimht's liOVK. A rough old ilsV
ermaii, used to pray often in i cei
tain meeting; and there win one
expression that he always introduc
ed. Often as the peopie heard it,
that tender phrase never failed to
touch their hearts. The prayer he
stammered out was this: "()!
Lord lead nr- more and more into
the love of Hi list .' niirr mix
lore lil,r itr l he nearer (he old
tishetlnaii drew towards it, the
blighter and warmer it grew ; nnd
now, at last, he si a nil, with other
fishermen Vint (Intilir, in the noon
day glory of Christ's heavenly pre,
ence.
-
Wmle llainiiton, the rebel cavnl y
lender, is working two plantations
n few miles Ik Iow l!ggs I'tynt, Mis
sissippi. Several hundred ol his
old slaves, it is said, are with him.
A coward luny tight; n coward
may compier; but a coward can ne
ver forgive.
NIK K IVtXT.
A year after my scaffold accident,
I goes home one night, and Mrs.
JJurge that is our next room neigh
bor shows me something wrapped
up in flannel, all pink and creasy,
and very snullly , as though it want
ed its nose blowing ; which couldn't
be expected, for it hadn't got any to
"igiiifv.
'"Ain't it a little beauty." she
says.
Well T couldn't see as it was ; but
I didn't like to say so, for I knew
my wife Tolly had been reckoning on
w hat she said we ought to have hail
more'n a year ago ; sol didn't like
to disappoint her, for I knew she
lay listening in the next room.
J'olly always said there never was
such a baby as that one, aud sonie
th'ng it was taking to see how her
face used to light up all over w ith
smiles when she tn. lght J wau't
looking and I knew it was on ac
count of the little tin. She never
said she felt dull now; and when at
home of a night 1 used to think
how my mates would laugh to see
me handling the little thing that was
alius being pushed into my face to
kiss; when I am blest if ever I see
such a voracious fun in my life ; it
hung onto you nuse, lip, anyw here
in a minute.
One day when it w as about nine
months oid, it was laKen all of a
sudden like with a tit. Polly scream
ed to me to run for the doctor; for
it happened that I was on the club
that week, and at home with a bad
hand. 1 run for hint and he soon
come;' and then there was a warm
bath anil medicine ; but afterwards,
when I sart' the little thing lying on
Tolly's lap so still and uict, and
with a dull lilin forming over its
eyes, I felt that something w as com
ing, though J dared not tell her; and
about twelve o'clock the little thing
suddenly started, stared wildly an
ilistant and then it was all over.
My hajal warn't bad any more that
week; for it took all my time to try
and cheer up my poor heart broken
! lass. She did take on dreadful,
1 night anil day, till w e buried it ; and
then she seemed to take quite a
! change, aud lx'gged of me to forgive
I what she called her selfishness, and
I wiped her eyes once for all, as she
j said, and talked about all being for
the best. T.ut she didn't know that
I lay awake of a night let ling her
cry silently till the pillow was soak
ed with tears.
AVe burled tin little one on the
Sunday. and on the Monday morning
I was clapped on to a job t!int I
didn't much relish, for it was the re
bricking of a sewer that ran down
one of the main streets, ipiite tif'ty.
feet under ground.
Alter two years in London I'd
seen some change, but this was
my fust v isit to the bowels of the
earth. I'd worked on drains in the
coiintrv, but in such a concern as
this; why, a life-guard might have
walked down it easy; so that there
was plenty of room to work; there
you go, (lown ladder after ladder,
past gas pipes and water pipes, and
down and down, and down, till you
get to the stage stretched across (he
part that you are to work on, with
the day light so high up. as seen
through boards and scaffold. and
ladders, that it's no use to you who
are working by the light oi' glaring
gas. There in front of you is Yn
dark black arch ; and then behind
you is another w hile under your feet
the foul rushing water hurries along,
sending up a smell as turns vour
silver watch, and every sixpence
and shilling you have in your pock
et Mack as the water that swirls
bubbling along. Every word you
speak souinls iioiiow anil echoing,
w hile it goes whispering and rum
bling along the dark arch till you
think it has gone, when all at once
you hear it again quite plain in a
way as would make you Jump as
much as half a brick or a bit of hard
mortar dropped into the water.
T.ut talk about jumping, nothing
made me jump more than a bit nf
soil, or a sto'ic that was loosened
up above, and came rattling do n.
I ve seen more than one change ,'olor
and I know that it has been from
the thought that, suppose the earth
caved in, w here should we be? No
doubt the first crush in would do it
and there'd be an end of workmen
and foreman ; but there seeim d
something wcrry aw lul in the idea of
being buried alive.
T.ig as the opening was, when I
went to work, it made ine shudder;
there was tin1 eailli thrown out;
there was the boarding round; then
it was for all the world like n big
grave, same as I had stood by on
a little scale the day before; and
feeling a bit discouraged it almost
seemed as though I was going down
upon the coffin, that something fell
with a pat npou my bright trowel,
which, if it hadix-en left.w ould have
lieeii a spot of just.
Nothing like york to put a fellow
to lights, and IiHoon found that I
was feeling bcter, and the strokes
of my trowel TOiit ringing away
down the sewei a I cut the brick in
half; and afteiui bit I almost felt
inclined to whisUe; font Ididn't ; for
I kept on thiiiljrig of that solitary
face.it home the face that always
brightened up tvhen I went back,
aud had made sich a man of me as
I thought 1 wai, for it was enough
to make any mln rain to be thought
so much of. And then I thought
how dull she'd te of looking at the
drawer where i the little things
were kept, and tt.'rt I well, I ain't
ashamed of it, if I am a great hulk
ing fellow I took care that nobody
saw what I was doing, while 1 had
a look at a little bit of a shoe as I
had in my pocki t.
I didn't go home to dinner, for it
was too far otl'; so I had my snack,
and then went to it again directly
along with two more, for we was on
the niece. AW had some beer sent
down to us, and ;it it we went until
it was time for i.s to leave oil"; and
I must say as I ?.-as glad of it, and
didn't much envy the fresher gang
coming on to wort all night, though
it might just as w 'll have been night
with us. I was last down, and had
just pn :r.y foot i)ii the first round
of the ladder, w lien I heard some
thing falling as il hit and jarred the
boards np'ards; and then directly
a Iter what seeinei "to be a brick struck
me on the head, nnd before 1 knew
where I was, I ws off the little plat
form, splash (low i. into the eold.rush
iug water that took me otVand a way
yards upon yard before I got above
it ; and then I was so confused and
half stunned that I let it go under
again, and bad been carried ever so
far before, half howned I gained
my legs and leaned, panting and
blinded, up against the slimy wall.
There 1 stood lor at least ten min
utes, I should suppose, shuddering
and horrified, with the thick dark
ness all around, the cold, rushing
wall r beneath nn, and my mind in
that confused state that for a few
niiniites longer I cidn't know what
I was going to do next, and wanted
to persuade niyseT' that it was all a
dream aud 1 should wake updircetly.
.Ml at once, though. I gave a jump
and instead of being cold with water
dripping from me, I turned all hot
and burning.and t liu! again cold and
shuddery; for I had felt something
craw ling on my shoulder, and then
clost against my bare neck, w hen I
gave the jump, and heard close' by
me a light splash in the water a
splash which echoed through the
hollow, while, half to frighten the
beasts hat I fancied must lx in
swarm, . i .unul me, half w rung from
fear and agony, I
did, there was a scnflle and rush,
and more than once I touched the
cold, slippery body of a rat a touch
that made me start back as though
shot.
On and on I went, and still no
scaffold, and no gleam (if gas-light.
Thought after thought gave fresh
horrortomy situation, as now I felt
certain that in my frantic haste I
had taken some wrong turn or en
tered a branch of the main place;
and at last, completely bewildered.
1 rushed headlong on, stumbling and
falling twice over, so that I was half
choked in the black water. T.ut it
had its good etfeet, for it put a stop
to my wild struggles, which must
soon have ended in my falling in
to whit was certain death. The
water cooled my head, and now,
feeling completely lost, know ing that
1 must have been nearly two hours
in the sew cr, I made, up my mind
to follow the stream to its mouth
in the Thames, where, if the
tide was down I could get from the
wharf or bank.
Once more J struggled on, follow
ing thi' stream slowly for what
seemed to be hours, till at last, rais
ing my hand, I found I could not
touch the roof; and by that knew
that 1 w as in a larger, and therefore
not very far from the mouth.
Tut here there was a new terror
creeping over me, so to speak, for
from my waist the water nowtoiich
e,l my'i'Iiest ; and sooii after my
armpits ; when 1 stoojied, not dar
ing to trust myself to sw iin perhaps
a mile, when 1 felt so weak 1 could
not have gone a hundred yards.
I now in my disappointment gave
a howl like a wild beast and turned
again tohave a hard light to breast
the rushing water which nearly took
me off my legs. T.ut the tear of
death lent me help, and I got on
again till 1 felt myself in a turning
which I soon knew was a smaller
sewer, and from thence 1 reached
another, where Iliad to stop; but
the water was shallower, not above
my knees, and at last much lessdeep
than that.
Here 1 knell down to rest, and the
position brought something else
from mv heart ; and after a while,
still stooping I went, till having
passed dozens upon dozens of drains
I determined to creep up one, and 1
did.
Tcrhapsyou won't think it strange,
as 1 divam and groan in I ed some
times.w hen I tell you what followed :
1 crawled on, and on. and on, in
was in,
I
into my own, never to come up any
more.
Wcrry stupid and foolish ideas,
savs you, far fetched ideas. Wcrry
likely, but that is what I thought;
and there are limes when men has
mighty strange ideas; and I'll tell
for a fact that something struck me
when I went down that hole as 1
shouldn't come up iiguin ; and I
didn't neither. Why, the werr.V feel
oi me cold, (lamp place made you
think of being buried, and w hen a
few bits of earth eiinie and rattled
down upon the stage above my head,
as soon in the (list start was over,
it seemed to me so like the rattling
of the earth but a few hours lielbre
me as a cry of
veiled out
"TATS!"
Tats they were; for above the
wash-wash, hurry -hurry, wash-wash,
hurry-hurry of the water I could
hear littte splashes and a scuffling
l.y me along the aides of the brick
work. A'ou may laugh at people's hair
standing on end, but 1 know then
that there was it cieeping, tingling
sensation in the roots of mine as
though sand was trickling amongst
it ; a cloud seemed to come over my
mind, and for a few moments be
lieve L was mad mad with fear;
and it was only by sitting my teeth
hard and clenching my lists that 1
kept from shrieking. However, I
was soon better, and ready to laugh
at myself, as I recollected that 1
could be only a little way from the
snot where the men worked; so I
began to w ade along-the w ater here j
about up t my middle. All at once
I stopped, and thought about w here
1 was at work.
" Which way did the water run V
My head turned hot and my tem
ples throbbed with the thought. If
1 went the w rong way L should be
lost lost iu this horrible darkness
to sink, at last, into the foul, black
stream, to be drowned and devour
ed by the rats, or else to be choked
by tiie foul gases that must be lurk
ing down here in the scdurk recesses.
Again the horror of thick dark
ness come unon me: 1 shrieked out
wildlv, nnd the cry went echoing
through the sewer sounding hollow
and wild till it faded away. T.ut
once more 1 got the better of it,
and persuaded myself that 1 had
only cried aloud to scare the rats.
What would 1 have given for a stout
stick as a defense against attack as
I grouped my way on, feeling con
vinced that ' I sliouhl 1k rixit if I
crawled (low n stream, who'll n little
reflect ion would have told me that
iili stream must be the right way,
for I must have been borne down
by the water. T.ut I could Hot re
flect, for mv brain seemed in a fever,
and now and then my teeth chatter
ed as though I had the ague.
I grouped on for (piite a ipiartcr
of an hour, when the horrid thought
came upon me Unit I was going
wroiiL', and airain I tried to lean up
against the wall, which seemed to
cause my loot to sup noui uiuicr
me. I ti lt no cold, for the prespiru
lion ilronncd from me, us I frantic
allv turned back ami tried to letriice
my steps, guiding myself by running
a hand against the wan wnere every
now and then it cnteredthe mouth
of a small drain, w hen so mire as it
(he hones taut the Diact
would lead under one of the street
gratings, and I kept staring ahead
in the hopes of catching a gleam of
light, till iit last t he l.laee seemed so
tight that I dared go no farther, for
fear of being fixed in. Bo I began
to back very slowly, and then feel
ing it was hard work, stopH'd for a
rest.
It was quite, ory here, but scuffling
on in front, I kept on hearing the
rats I had -driven before me ; and
now that 1 stopped and was quite
still, half a doy.j.. of them made a
In when Polly's away he says he
knows I should have like tosee how
they tore that drain up in no time.
To which there's 'always such an
echo in my heart, that it coincsqniie
natural to sav : " Vou're right, iu
boy!" All the Yrnr limiitil.
Uskoi" Liorou.s AM) ToiiAcro in
Exr.i.AXD and Scotland. An
American Clergyman, writing to the
Congrvgntmnalixt from Edinburgh,
thus speaks of the prevalent use of
stimulants among the religious class
es of England and Scotland:
" I confess F have been altogether
surprised at the amount of drinking,
lioth of wines and stronger liquors,
both in England and Scotland. 1
am happy to say that there are a
considerable number of ministers in
both sections of the island, chiefly
among dissenters, who are active
and earnest in their advocacy and
practice of the principles of total
abstinence. There are ."il 10 such of
.''(III!) Congregationalisis. Tut, on
the other hand, all the rest, includ
ing the vast majority of the minis
ters and laymen of all denomina
tions, use wine regularly and with
considerable freedom, and most of
them do not hesitate to furnish and
drink brandy or other kinds of ar
dent spirits. Mine out of ten drink
the former at every public dinner.
and generally at luniic. I .scarcely
ever preached where it " as not of
fered me in the vestry. Indeed the
idea of the importance and obliga
tion of abstinence for personal safe-,
ty, and for the sake of example,
does not seem to have any hold upon
the great body of Christians. In
fact, public sentiment and practice
in (Jn at T.ritain on this point is just
about what it was in America b( -fore
Dr. lleeeher preached his six
sermons on intemperance, and be
fore the Temperance Teformation
began.
In Scotland, Pintff -taking is very
common. The snulYhox. appears
and is passed round often in public
anil private circles. I saw Modera
tors of meetings often resort to the
use of the " titillating powder," and
I have seen it used at the table,
though not often, ('hewing toliaceo
is not as common as with us, and
there is little of the disgusting habit
of spitting that prevails so much in
America; lmt -smoking is almost
universal with men. In tact, it is
one of the srreatest of annoyances.
m public and in private. It is, if
possible worse than with us; and
though forbidden by rules, is yet
indulged in the railway carriages
almost always.''
AMI KlSi ft V K K COFI'D
hh ' ti: iiai i i:i.
if t..,.i l I.., l.i 1 ....
, i. ii, ir. li. in- nii.iiiiL li.'"
" I thinkrthere is no imme-
rush to get past me, and the little
light which followed.eveu now gives
me the horrors. I'd hardly room to
move; but 1 killed oneby squeezing
him, when the others backed off, but
not till my face was bitten and run
ning with blood.
At hrst, half dead, T tried tobaek
out, for theplaee seemed to stilleme ;
and I pushed myself back n little
way, and then 1 tdopped, for the
skirts of my jacket tilled up what
little space had been left, and I felt
that I was wedged in, stuck fast.
Now came the horrors again worse
than ever. The hot blood seemed to
gush into my eyes; 1 felt half suf
focated ; ami.to add to my sullerings
a rat, that felt itself as it were, pen
ned up, fastened upon my lip. It
was its last bite, however, for, half
mad as I lelt then, mv teeth had
closed in a moment upon the vicious
beast, and it was dead.
1 made one more struggle, but
could not move, I was so used up;
and then 1 fainted.
It must have been some time be
fore I came to myself; but when I
did the first sound I heard was a
regular tramp, of someone walking
over mv head, and 1 gave a loiigyell
for help, when, to my great joy, the
step halted ami I shrieked again.
and the sweetest sound I have ever
heard in mv life came back. It was
a voice shouting :
" Hallo!"
" Stuck fast in the drain !" I slioiit
. ... , , . i i . . .c i. ... i t.. ei .
ed williaii ine sirengiii i nan irn ,
and then I swooned oil" once more;
to wake up a week afterwards out ot
a bruin fever sleep in a hospital.
It seemed 1 had got within a few
yards of a grating w hich wasanend
of the drain, and the close quarters
made the rats so fierce. The police
man had heard my shriek, and had
listened at the grating.and then got
help; but he was only laughed nt,
for they could get no further answer
out of mo. It was then about half
past three on a summer's morning;
and thouiih t'.ie grate was got open
they were about to give it up, saying
thcpoliccmnii had been Iiuiiibuggi'ii;
when a couple (it sweeps ca up;
and the little 'uu offered to go down
backwards, and he did anilcaineout
directly alter saying that he could
feel a man's head with his toes.
That policeman has had many a
glass at my expense since.nnd I hone
he'll have'iuany more ; and when he
tells me the story, which I like to
hear but always take care it shall
Tub Epi -CATtox of Tin: Xkgro.
Tiuding that the freeduien w ill be
educated, through the efforts of the
Northern people, despite the oppo
sition of their late masters and the
Southern white population general
ly, the papers of the South are be
ginning to urge upon their readers
the duty of taking the education of
the negroes into their own hands, so
as to get rid of Northern school
teachers and prevent the lreedmen
from becoming imbued with North
ern ideas. The Augusta ((la.) Con
ulitHliouuIint concludes a long article
on the subject as foilows:
If the fVeedmen are taught to
read, they will soon come in posses
sion of the truth concerning them
selves and the slave trade, and the
part performed by the North in that
trade. Thev can also learn that
their emancipation by Mr. Lincoln
was defended as a " war measure,"
and was not based up'i:i love for
the negro. ' They will discover that
the secret of the Tadieal party is
not that it hates the negro less, but
his former muster more. The South
has everything to hope and nothing
to (ear from a proper education
AVe h ive pientloned the ltou'st of
ex-Senator Toombs that h" would
yet call the roll of his slaveft on
IJunker Hill. This empty, thrent
took place at Havanna, where
Toombs is now residing, and wan
made to an American lady, who thru
deseiilies the seene :
" At the table (of the hotel) I was
introduced to iiir. loomos, ot Geor
gia. I inquired, mtto voce, of the
nearest gentlemen, if it was (he for
mer Senator of the Tinted States.
I think he saw that I was asking
about him, for. he at once began to
tell the English captain (naval) next
to him that he had been thirteen
years in the Senate-of the United
States; that he was a, Confederate
(leneral, and Confederate gentle
men were gentlemen, &t: Captain
L. remarked : "This lady is not of
your way of thinking; she is for the
Federals,'' looking over at me. So
appealed to, I said: " Yes, indeed,
I am for the Union I am a Yankee
to the marrow of my hones." "Ah!"
said Toombs, " I have trampled on
the Yankee fhlg many times (gen
tlemanly, was it not?) I have trod
upon eighteen of them at onetime."
I replied, " It seems to have done
very little harm, since it floats tri
umphant now." "(), I shall doit
am
yet."
diate danger," replied I, "either of
that or your calling the roll ot your,
slaves on Tanker Hill."
Such an expression of fiendish- '
ness as his countenance assnmed I
cannot describe ; the corners of his
mouth curled up, showing his lnr,
tobacco-stained teeth, and he hissed
out, " Til count them there yet Til
count them there yet." "You inny,"
said I, " but with the tables turned,
you in bonds and thev free." "Oh!"
said he, "the North has not done
w ith us yet." " Indeed," -said I, " if
you have not fought it out why did
you stop! The sooner you recom
mence the better. Yon can fight as
long as you please, you know as
long as it seems good and pleasant
to you until you come to that last
ditch !" He grinned with rage, " O,
the giant is not strangled yet.
" The giant !" said I ; where was ho
when Sherman wcut through your
State ! I never heard that he found
even any fossil remains of giants, or
dwarfri." - - - -
I turned and asked the astonish
ed English sympathizer at my Ride
to take me away, and we rose;
there had leen a simultaneous more
merit on the other side of the table.
I think they were all ashamed of
their " Confederate gentleman," for
did he not liegin by his insulting
lxiasts of his outrages to the flag
he had just been informed claimed
mv fealty !"
Of
the negro.'
c.ooa ro-RMV.
It is just as hard for children to
be good as it is for adults; a fact
which should be remembered by pa
rents. " I will l.c nni.il, clear iiii.tln r,"
I tcmil ii .sweet cliil.l city ;
I v ill lie .hmI limy vcntcli nn
I will In- (.mil all iluy."
Sin' lift nl ttti tier In Llit yi.uti" even.
Willi ii ol't niul iilcic-'iiiu inili",
'I lien ii unit licrV kin.4 uii.t uu her lip,
Sn iiirc niul li cc I'nnii (.nil.'.
Ami win ti iM-il.t caiiic Hint little inic,
In kiiccliiiK li. li tu piny.
Sniil, in il .'ft unit liiicriiin tunc,
" lliiye I liccn t!.n.il tn 'ilii.v r
(t! ninny, ninny liitlcr tr.u-i
Twiitilil niivc iimliil we kii.v,
Like tluil ilcnr liilil. Willi ciuiickI liciti'ti,
' I will lie i;iiii.1 Inilii.y."
Il is the purpose' th w illing mind
which (iod accepts, ns well as the
performance.
IlKAVY Yr.iiDK'T. In the Frank
lin Co. Court, a verdict of -V'U-0
has been given against the town of
WcMtlleld for injuries Mrs. John
Walker received on "the Notch road
in November, isiKl, while riding
from Lowell to Montgomery with
Iter husband a:id two children.
Pkmixiscences op a United
Status Senator. Some thirty
years ago 1 was in trade with Judge
II in a pleasant village of Yer-
inont, in the town of S . There
are two villages in that town that,
are denominated " Upper Hollow"
and " Lower I follow."
A short distance above the Lower
Hollow lived a man by the name of
Orlando Handy, a blacksmith by
trade. He was in the habit of nsiug
liquor pretty freely, especially about
election time. Aliout that time
there was an exciting election for.
Representative to the Legislat jre,
that had just come off, nnd nil were
anxious to hear the result. Mr.
T.undy hapis ned to be in the store
as Judge II was reading the re
turns from the different towns.
Among the rest was that of a town
on the west side of thedreen Moun
tains, that had elected S. F. for the
Representative.
"Is it possible that they havo
elected him a representative f" said
Mr. T.undy. "I knew him like a
book. He was a poor boy and used
to live at my father's. His father
died when he was young, nnd his
mother lw ing poor, he was put out
to live with different farmers to earn
a living. When he lived with my
father he was so koi that he was
not able to buy a pair of shoes. My
father being a well to do farmer,
was able to keep me in shoes. It
irritated the boy to think he had no
shoes. One day my father sent ns
to cut Canadian thistles in the field.
I had shoes to protect my feet, but
poor S. was barefoot, nnd th
thistles pricked his feet, and I bot li
en d him and laughed at him for not
having shoos. He got excited by
my jeerand the stingof the thistles,
nnd' straightened himself up, ami
shook his little list at me, au(l said:
Orlando T.undy, 1 "hull see the day
that 1 shall be able to wear shoes."
And so it proved. He did wear
mIioch. He acquired an education
a profession and his shoes trod the
legislative halls of Vermont. His
shoes pressed the floor of Congress
uml the Senate Chamber, nnd many
a lime have Wen in the place de
signated for the Vice rresidont.
They were the shoes of the Hon.
Solomon Foot, United Wtates Sena
tor from Vermont,
Ribbons of any kind should be
washed In cold suds, and not rinsed.
A Trizr AvoitTit HAViNfl Mr,
E. W. (leer, of Sheldon, who rap
tured, some time since, plendid
black fox. has recently sold the skiu
of the animal (uv forty gohl dollar.
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